What Did Ancient Humans Do When They Got Sick?

You wake up burning with fever, and there's no pharmacy, no doctor, no pill bottle anywhere in sight. For almost all of human history, this was simply what getting sick meant. In this video, you'll discover how Neanderthals may have self-medicated with bitter plants thousands of years before medicine existed, why a severely disabled Neanderthal named Shanidar 1 survived for years inside a cave, and how a 5,300-year-old mummy named Otzi carried his own natural first-aid kit. You'll also learn the uncomfortable truth about how agriculture actually made human health worse before it made it better. If this blew your mind, smash that like button, drop a comment with your favorite fact, and subscribe for more deep dives into the forgotten lives of ancient humans. #AncientHumans #HumanEvolution #Prehistory #Anthropology #EarlyHumans #Neanderthal #HunterGatherers #AncientMedicine #HistoryFacts #Archaeology #HumanHistory #Paleolithic #StoneAge #EvolutionaryBiology #AncientHistory #MindBlowingFacts #Shanidar #Otzi #AncientSurgery #Trepanation